THE EFFICACY OF DANCE AND MOVEMENT FOR IMPROVING MOTOR SKILLS IN INDIVIDUAL WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Dance and movement are said to improve motor skills among individuals with visual impairment that impact their orientation and mobility skills. The relevant researches shows that dance and movement is one of the most effective ways to improve physical and motor abilities among individuals with visual impairment since it supports movement confidence by improving posture (Kamali, 2021, McKay 2017 & Dig-o 2011). The current paper is a narrative literature review examining the efficacy of dance and movement in improving motor skills among individuals with visual impairment for orientation and mobility skills. The aim of the review is to evaluate the methodological quality of included studies by assessing risk of bias and to inform the direction of future research. Peer reviewed research included intervention longer than a day for individual with visual impairment. The present paper is an attempt to review the secondary data to understand if dance and movement improve motor skills, specifically balance and spatial awareness in individuals with visual impairment. This review will also help the researcher to identify the gaps and pave a foundation for more research to determine the effect of dance and movement on motor skills which in turn will have impact on orientation and mobility skills of individuals with visual impairment.